Titles.
The title is to be an exact transcript of the title-page, neither amended, translated, nor in any way altered, except that mottos, titles of authors, repetitions, and matter of any kind not essential, are to be omitted. Where great accuracy is desirable, omissions are to be indicated by three dots (...). The titles of books especially valuable for antiquity or rarity may be given in full, with all practicable precision. The phraseology and spelling, but not necessarily the punctuation, of the title are to be exactly copied.
Any additions needed to make the title clear are to be supplied, and inclosed by brackets.
Initial capitals are to be given in English:
- to proper names of persons and personifications, places, bodies, noted events, and periods (each separate word not an article, conjunction, or preposition, may be capitalized in these cases);
- to adjectives and other derivatives from proper names when they have a direct reference to the person, place, etc., from which they are derived;
- to the first word of every sentence and of every quoted title;
- to titles of honor when standing instead of a proper name (e. g., the Earl of Derby, but John Stanley, earl of Derby);
- In foreign languages, according to the local usage;
- In doubtful cases capitals are to be avoided.
Foreign languages.—Titles in foreign characters may be transliterated. The languages in which a book is written are to be stated when there are several, and the fact is not apparent from the title.
Imprints.
After the title are to be given, in the following order, those in [ ] being optional:
- the edition;
- the place of publication;
- [and the publisher's name] (these three in the language of the title);
- the year as given on the title-page, but in Arabic figures;
- [the year of copyright or actual publication, if known to be different in brackets, and preceded by c. or p. as the case may be];
- the number of volumes, or of pages if there is only one volume;
- [the number of maps, portraits, or illustrations not included in the text];
- and either the approximate size designated by letter, or the exact size in centimeters;
- the name of the series to which the book belongs is to be given in parentheses after the other imprint entries.